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RoRRRTv GIDLRY, orA LAGRANGE, NRW YORK. Letters Patent No. 72,477, dated December 24, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

TO ALLVWHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that Il, ROBERT GIDLEY, `of Lagrange, in the county of Dutchess, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Folding Gate; and I do hereby Adeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in'theart to make und use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-L I Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved gate. I v

'Figure 2 is a transverse -sectional elevation of the same, the plane of section being indicate'dby the line :r ze, fig. 1, v

Similar vletters of reference'ind'icate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new folding gate, which can be easily opened or closed by persons in a carriage 'or .on horseback. It consists of a picket-gate pivoted to a. bar, which is suspended in a post, so that when the said bar is swung back, by means of suitable levers, the gate will also be swung back with the bar. The gate Will be self-closing, unless it is Yheld open by suitable stops.

A B are the posts, between which the gate is to bearranged. They are connected by a suitable sill, C, upon which a rail, a, may be arranged. The post B is slotted, as shown in iig. 2, and is considerably higher than .the gate is to be. D D are twovposts, arranged in a line with the post B, which 'line is at right angles to the i sill C. E is the gate. The same consists of two ormore -horizontal bars b 6, to which a series of vertical pickets, c c, is pivoted. The inner ends of'the bars 6 b are pivoted, by means of pins d, in the post B, as is clearly shown inthe drawing. The outer end of each bar!) carries a small roller, e. The roller ou thelower bar b ts upon the rail'a while .the gate is closed, as in fig. 1. G isa horizontal shaft, having its bearings in the upper parts of the posts D D, and, perhaps, also in the post B, as shown. On the cnd'of the shaft G are formed cranks ff respectively, as shownvin 1. In the centre of the shaft G, the same is providedwith a crank, g, which has a hook or slot on its lower end fitting arounda pin, 7L, that projects from the bar F.' When the gate is closed, the cranksff are in a horizontal position, or nearly so, as shown infig. 1. When the gate is to be opened, one of the cranksforf isswung down into the position shown by red lines in fig. 1. Thereby the shaft G- is turned, and the crank g, that was in avertical position, is brought about into a horizontal position, carrying the bar F along, as is indicated by red lines in fig.' 1. By the motion of .the bar F the bars 6 of the gate are moved back through the slot in the gate, and then up, so that the gate comes into the position which is shown by red lines in fig. 1. In this position the wheel Z, on the upper bar b of the gate, runs on the rail a. To keep the gate open, it is only necessary to move an oscillating bar, H, which is hinged to the side of the post D, over the end of one of the cranksff, as shown by red lines in fig. 1. On each post D is such a bar H, and both bars H are connected by means of a rod, ,I'as shown, so that, when the bar H on one'post is used to lock the gate, the bar H on the other post may he employed to disengage the crankf orf locked. The gate will then, when the cranksff are bothreleased, fall closed by its own gravity.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A self-closing gatewhen arranged so that it is brought through the slotted post B, and into an inclined position, when opened, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The gate E, when consisting of horizontal bars 6.6, pivoted to pickets c, and whenpivoted to a suspended bar F, in combination with the shaft G, having the crunk g and the handlesff, all made aud operatingl substantially as herein shown and described. l u Y v 3. The above, ineombination with the lockingdevcrs, I-I- H, connected by a rod', z', substantially as herein shown and described. y

ROBERT GIDLEY.

Witnesses:

RIcKRTsoN GIDLEY, JONATHAN GIDLEY. 

